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Friday, November 12, 2021

How to determine total vapour pressure of solution in liquid phase as well as gas phase ?

According to Raoult's Law: The partial pressure of any volatile component of a solution at any temperature is equal to the vapour pressure of the pure component multiplied by the mole fraction of that component in the solution.
      Where XA­ and XB is the mole fraction of the component A and B in liquid phase respectively

According to Dalton's Law:
The vapour behaves like an ideal gas, then according to Dalton's law of partial pressures, the total pressure PTis given by:
 Partial pressure of the gas = Total pressure x Mole fraction
                                        PA = PT YA and PB =PT YB
Where YA­ and YB is the mole fraction of the component A and B in gas phase respectively
Combination of Raoult's and Dalton's Law:
(3) Thus, in case of ideal solution the vapour phase is phase is richer with more volatile component i.e., the one having relatively greater vapour pressure

Graph Between 1/YA Vs 1/XA:

According to Dalton's law of partial pressures, the total pressure PT is given by:
 Partial pressure of the gas = Total pressure x Mole fraction
Where YA­ and YB is the mole fraction of the component A and B in gas phase respectively
According to Raoult's law:
On rearrangement of this equation we get a straight line equation:

Illustrative Examples:

Wednesday, November 10, 2021

When a solution containing w of urea in 1kg of water is cooled to 272K, 200g of ice is separated. If for water is 1.86Kkgmol−1,w is:

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What is Azeotropic mixture or solution?

A solution which boils like a pure liquid and has same composition in liquid as well as vapour phase is called Azeotropic solution or mixture.
Features of Azeotropic mixture:
# For Azeotropic solution XA =YA
# An ideal solution can not form Azeotropic mixture.
# only non ideal solution form Azeotropic mixture.
# composition of Azeotrope alter on changing external pressure.
# Azeotropic solution can't separated by fractional distillation.
Type of Azeotropic solution or mixture:
(1) Minimum boiling Azeotropic solution
It is formed by solution which show positive (+) deviation from ideal behaviour. Such solution has boiling point smaller than boiling point of both of components liquids.
For example, mixture of 95% ethanol by weight and 4% of water. 
Water boils at 373 K, and ethanol boils at about 351.5K, while azeotropes mixture of both boil at around 351.15 K, suggesting a boiling point lower than its constituents.

(2) Maximum boiling Azeotropic solution.
It is formed by solution which show negative (-) deviation from ideal behaviour. Such solution has boiling point larger than boiling point of both of components liquids.
For example,  mixture of approximately 20% by weight hydrochloric acid and 79 % of water.
Water boils at 373 K and hydrochloric acid boil at about 188 K,  while azeotropes  of both boil at around 383 K which is a boiling point greater than its constituents.

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